Phillips: Suisham’s ‘a solid kid’

Phillips revealed Friday that Suisham struggled during his first day with the Cowboys.

Suisham was out of the league for two weeks after the Redskins cut him in early December. The Cowboys signed him on Dec. 21 after cutting Nick Folk.

“He came up to me and said, ‘I’ve just got to get my timing down, coach. Don’t worry about it,’ ” Phillips told reporters in Irving. “I told him, ‘I am a little worried about it right now because I don’t know you.’ But after that he really has hit almost everything.’ ”

In last week’s 17-0 win over Washington, Suisham made his only attempt – a 23-yard.

“He seems like a real solid kid, kind of what you’re looking for in a kicker and he has hit the ball really well,” Phillips said. “I mean he’s not hitting them good. He’s hitting them all down the middle.”

In his only game at Cowboys Stadium, Suisham was 2 for 4, missing from 39 and 50 yards in a 7-6 loss with the Redskins on Nov. 22.

“I think he’s not going to make them all, but I think you can count on him at least from practice,” Phillips said. “And there’s pressure on him in practice.”